Hancock's Comb via logging roads

I parked at North Fork gate 11.

I rode my mountain bike east on road 32000. Road 32000 (labeled "Spur 10" on Greentrails) had a sign stating that no motorized access is allowed without a permit, call Hancock Forest Management at (360) 825-1637 for more information. The map says it all, so I won't give details of which roads I took. The roads are well marked up to the last turn-off to Lake Hancock (which I didn't take), and they are gradual enough that I didn't have to push my bike up the road very often. The roads are also in excellent shape, on my ride down I averaged 10+ miles per hours, I would have gone faster if I didn't have to worry about logging trucks on their way up. The Hancock's Comb area is actively being logged, I encountered a bulldozer and lot of trucks on the road and there were about 10 loggers working just SW of Hancock's Comb.

I parked my bike next to a berm south of Hancock's Comb and continued east on the road for a short distance then ascended the SE ridge of Hancock's Comb. The ascent was a continual bushwack to the top.

  • Date:
    2004/10/26
    Round-trip distance:
    16 miles (1 mile on foot, 15 miles on bike)
    Elevation gain:
    3,650 feet
    Trip type:
    scramble, mountain bike
    USGS quad:
    Mount Si
    In:
    North Fork Snoqualmie Drainage
    References:
    Car-to-car:
    5 hours 30 minutes
    • 34 minutes driving there from Lower Queen Anne to exit 31
    • 3 minutes driving there from exit 31 to North Bend
    • 9 minutes driving there from North Bend to where North Fork Road turns into gravel
    • 9 minutes driving there from where North Fork Road turns into gravel to North Fork gate 11
    • 2 hours 45 minutes ascending via bike from North Fork gate 11 to berm below Hancock's Comb
    • 38 minutes ascending from berm below Hancock's Comb to Hancock's Comb
    • 35 minutes descending from Hancock's Comb to berm below Hancock's Comb
    • 46 minutes descending via bike from berm below Hancock's Comb to North Fork gate 11
    • 20 minutes driving back from North Fork gate 11 to North Bend
    • 20 minutes driving back from North Bend to intersection of I-90 and I-405
    • 21 minutes driving back from intersection of I-90 and I-405 to Lower Queen Anne
  • Hancock's Comb via logging roads map
    Hancock's Comb via logging roads map
  • Paperboy Peak from Hancock's Comb
    Paperboy Peak from Hancock's Comb
  • Bessemer Mountain, South Bessemer Mountain, and Moolock
    Bessemer Mountain, South Bessemer Mountain, and Moolock
  • Boomerang Peak (left) and Paperboy Peak from Hancock's C
    Boomerang Peak (left) and Paperboy Peak from Hancock's C
  • Bessemer Mountain over clearcut near Lake Hancock
    Bessemer Mountain over clearcut near Lake Hancock
  • Hancock's Comb from just past North Fork gate 11
    Hancock's Comb from just past North Fork gate 11

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